May 20, 2010 | Facebook, Google, mail, Microsoft, mobile, Outlook, SBS, web_services, Windows Live
It’s rare now to find traditional POP3 email accounts, where messages are downloaded to a single computer and are only accessible at that computer. We move between different computers freely (home/work/laptop/netbook) and want our mail to be available on all of them....
Apr 22, 2010 | Facebook, file_sharing, Microsoft, photos, web_services, Windows Live
Last month I described one way to move photos online with Microsoft’s free photo program, Windows Live Photo Gallery, using the built-in option to publish photos on Skydrive. It turns out that Windows Live Photo Gallery can also send photos online to a number of other...
Apr 19, 2010 | computers, hardware, Microsoft, software, Vista, web_services, Windows7, WinXP
Microsoft has started broad beta testing of Microsoft Fix It Center, an automated tool for fixing common problems with Windows. I don’t know that everyone will want to rush to install it (I’d hate to have my clients forget that I am their automated tool for...
Apr 13, 2010 | Microsoft, network, SBS, search, Vista, Windows7, WinXP
Previously: Windows 7 Searches – Small Business Windows 7 Searches – Libraries You’ve got a Windows 7 workstation in a small business or law firm. The network server is running Windows Search 4 and you’ve added the network locations with shared files to your Documents...
Apr 13, 2010 | Adobe, Microsoft, Office, updates, Vista, Windows7, WinXP
Your computers will likely restart tonight after Microsoft delivers the monthly crop of updates for Windows and Office. It’s a particularly busy month – eleven patches, five of them critical, although the importance drops if you’re running Windows Vista or Windows 7....
Apr 12, 2010 | Home_Server, Microsoft, network, SBS, search, Vista, Windows7, WinXP
Previously: Windows 7 Searches – Small Business When you click on Documents in the Start menu in Windows 7, your cursor arrives blinking in Libraries. I’ve been annoyed by that for months, but I finally had an “ah-ha!” moment when I discovered what libraries can do...
